Chapter 16 Crossover I
"From today on, you will have a share of the Pei family's property."
Pei Hong said words word for word that could make other members of the Pei family angry. Pei Hong's tone at this time seemed firm and serious.
"In addition to the land deeds, properties, shops, jewelry, and connections that you should have, Hui'er's share of the family property is also yours."
Although Pei Hong doesn't know how many secrets Pei Hui hides, her love for Pei Wende is well known.
Now that Pei Hui has disappeared, transferring everything about her to Pei Wende may be the last thing that his unqualified elder brother can do.
"you……"
Staring at Pei Hong in surprise, Pei Wende was once again shocked by the courage shown by this cheap brother.
Adding two siblings who may bring disaster to the Pei family into the family tree is an extremely risky approach.
Not to mention, he is now using this method of "dividing the family property" to leave a huge fortune to himself and Pei Hui respectively.
This is simply challenging the tradition of the Pei family.
Pei Wende simply couldn't imagine how the other party's approach could pass through the obstruction of the clan elders and sub-concubines.
It was like he couldn't imagine how Pei Xiu could be seized of power by Pei Hong and successfully replace him as the new clan leader with his decisiveness.
"Haha, no need to be so surprised!"
Looking at Pei Wende who was too surprised and didn't know what to say, Pei Hong suddenly burst out laughing.
"I am your eldest brother! Although I am not as smart and magical as you and Hui'er, I don't want to be left too far away by you."
"It's just a little bit of family wealth. I'm still confident that I can make it back."
"In comparison, you and Hui'er are the real 'babies' of my Pei family!"
Facing Pei Hong, he didn't know whether it was out of utilitarianism or a choice based on his heart. In the end, Pei Wende just calmly shook his head.
No matter what the reasons are for Pei Hong to make such a choice, it can be seen how much pressure he has to bear and what he is thinking.
"These external things are of little use to me, so you should keep them for yourself!"
At this point, Pei Wende suddenly changed the subject and continued.
"But I quite like the word 'hidden weapon'. Just leave this word to me..."
Without waiting for Pei Hong to reply, Pei Wende finally revealed the ultimate purpose of his trip.
"Also, what did my senior brother tell you?"
"Why did he ask you to bring back the 'Buddha Bones'?"
Rather than continuing to worry about the trivial matters at home, Pei Wende was actually more concerned about the sudden plaque given by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the phalanges of Sakyamuni brought back to Tongqing Temple along with the plaque.
In fact, this was the reason why Pei Wende never responded directly to Lianhua and his escort team after they arrived at Tongqing Temple for several days.
Since the imperial edict was not among the escort team and the matter of the Buddha's bones was unclear, Pei Wende naturally did not mind waiting until someone who could really answer his questions came to Tongqing Temple.
As for the dissatisfaction of Lianhua and others?
Pei Wende pretended that he didn't see it at all. Anyway, he entertained them with good food and drink, and he didn't treat them badly.
"I knew you were here for this."
Pei Hong was not surprised at all by Pei Wende's question. He just felt that Pei Wende's change of topic was too childish and blunt, and even seemed a bit ridiculous.
"You may not believe it, but I didn't expect your senior brother to give me such an important task at first..."
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The story begins a year ago when Pei Wende left Chang'an.
At that time, Tang Xuanzong had just succeeded to the throne, and even with Huiji's assistance, it was still difficult to convince the public.
Dictatorship of eunuchs, party disputes between Niu and Li, military power falling apart, Yellow River floods, insect pests spreading, internal and external difficulties...
Under such natural and man-made disasters like those at the end of the dynasty, it took Li Zhen and Hui Ji, who were exhausted both mentally and physically, a long time to finally stabilize the situation.
But this is not enough, because with the proliferation of natural and man-made disasters, there are also those demons and monsters that are ready to move and are waiting to cause trouble in the world.
It happened that at this time, the Luofu Dao Pan, known as the "National Artifact", was forcibly refined by Xuan Jue, and disappeared completely with his death.
Huiji, who only had one Qintian document left to control the country, could not completely suppress the surging undercurrents.
So, in order to suppress those demons that were ready to move, Huiji remembered the Buddhist treasure that was won back to Chang'an by Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty decades ago - the finger bones of Sakyamuni.
With the help of Sakyamuni's phalanx, Huiji, who had already landed on the other side, used thunderous means to suppress Chang'an and pacify Kyushu. Only then did the demons who had caused trouble in the world hide in the darkness again.
But after all, Huiji did not have the background of Zhao Guizhen. Although he relied on the power of the Buddha's bones to pacify the world, how to deal with this phalanx that reappeared became a huge problem.
After much thought, the helpless Huiji finally decided to send the finger bone of Sakyamuni to Tongqing Temple and let Pei Wende take care of it for herself.
After all, no matter the relationship or ability, no one is more suitable to guard this Buddha's bones than Pei Wende.
As Huiji's younger brother, Pei Wende, the living Ming King known as the "Hai of Fa", has far greater prestige than he imagined.
Not to mention those scheming great demons and demons, even ordinary demons and monsters have all heard of the name of the living Ming King.
The most important thing is that Pei Wende is the incarnation of the earth dragon and the python god, so he can naturally suppress those evil spirits.
To be honest, even a mortal like Pei Hong, after listening to Huiji's narration and explanation, believed that there is no one in the world who is more suitable to guard the Buddha's bones than Pei Wende.
So naturally, Pei Hong took on the task of secretly escorting the imperial edict and explaining the ins and outs of all this to Pei Wende.
"My senior brother is really not an ordinary person who can blame others."
After listening to Pei Hong's explanation, Pei Wende couldn't help but stroke his bald head and smiled bitterly.
"Obviously it was him who caused the trouble, but in the end he asked me to wipe his ass."
Having said that, Pei Wende calmly glanced at the box not far away - it was the escort box that Lianhua and the others sent to Tongqing Temple.
Since these boxes were delivered to Tongqing Temple, they have been placed in the corner of the yard without anyone touching them.
The plaque with "Miyin Temple" written on it, the secretly escorted finger bones of Sakyamuni, as well as the gold, silver, jewelry and land deeds rewarded by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty were all among those boxes.
[Senior brother, senior brother, you have some conscience and have not forgotten our master...]
Chapter completed!